The meeting focused on the East Rockaway's facility's reconstruction timeline and plans to fortify it against future storms. The facility, which serves 40 percent of Nassau County, was knocked offline during superstorm Sandy, sending more than 100 million gallons of raw sewage into waterways.

Town Focus: Day 4 in Rockville Centre

During Newsday's "Town Focus" of Rockville Centre, community journalist Tara Conry toured the village's oldest church, the Church of Ascension, and tried a cinnamon cruller at Front Street Bakery.

She visited with Wilson Elementary School students during a videoconference with NASA, and later she will be learning about South Side High School's Centre Stage program, which brings general education and special education students together. Her Tweets are below.

Long Island Crime Alerts

WANTED FOR PETTY LARCENY - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk Police are seeking the public’s help to
identify and locate the pictured man below, who stole a cell phone from an AT&T store, at 1758
Veterans Memorial Highway in Islandia, on or about March 3 at 3:50 p.m.

The man stole a $479 white Samsung Galaxy Mega cell phone from a display and fled the store. The man — described as 6 feet tall, with a medium build, wearing a gray jacket over a white hooded sweatshirt, black pants and brown sneakers — fits the description of a man who stole
merchandise from the same store on Feb. 3.With any information, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

WANTED FOR ROBBERY - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County
Police are seeking the public’s help to identify and
locate the man pictured below who robbed a BP gas station at 975 Middle Country Road in Middle Island on March 1 at about 5:30 a.m.

The man asked to use the bathroom and when he came out, he held a handgun and demanded money from the
cashier. The man, who left without any money, fled northbound on Currans
Road in a dark-colored pickup truck with roof lights. The man, described as in his mid to late 40s
with gray hair, wore a baseball cap, dark jacket and gray
sweatpants. With any information, call 1-800-220-TIPS.